MCLEAN, Va. -- QinetiQ North America, a global developer of innovative technology solutions for national defense, today announced that the Foster-Miller subsidiary of its Technology Solutions Group has been awarded a total of $58.5 million in funding for additional TALON robots and replacement parts.

QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group has launched its new Dragon Runner Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV). Dragon Runner SUGV is the first fully modular ground robot system capable of both quick reconnaissance and improvised explosive device (IED) disarmament in urban, mountainous or rural environments.

iRobot Corp. announced that Congress appropriated $2 million to further develop the company’s Warrior 700, a powerful and rugged robot for use in danger zones and inaccessible areas.

Bedford, Mass. -- iRobot Corp. today announced it has received an order totaling $3.5 million under a contract with the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI).

iRobot Corp. announced that the company has received a $3.75 million research and development contract from the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), the nation's laboratory for advanced military automotive technology.

Bedford, Mass., July 23, 2008 – iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) today announced it received an additional order under its current contract with the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) totaling $17.5 million.

McLean, VA, June 4, 2008 -- QinetiQ North America, a global developer of innovative technology solutions for national defense, today announced that the Foster-Miller subsidiary of its Technology Solutions Group has shipped the first MAARSTM ground robot to the U.S. military under a contract from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal/Low-Intensity Conflict (EOD/LIC) Program within the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO).

QinetiQ today announced that QinetiQ North America's Technology Solutions Group has been awarded a new $400 million IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity) contract for additional TALON robots and replacement parts for service with the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bedford, Mass. -- iRobot Corp. announced it received orders under two separate contracts from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), that manages these contracts on behalf of the Robotic Systems Joint Project Office at Warren, Mich. and Huntsville, Ala.

Talon UGVMcLean, VA, May 6, 2008 -- QinetiQ North America, a global developer of innovative technology solutions for national defense, today announced that the Foster-Miller subsidiary of its Technology Solutions Group has delivered the 2,000th TALON® robot to the U.S. military.

The third Military European Land-Robot Trial (M-ELROB) will take place from 30 June to 3 July in Hammelburg, Germany.

NES TZIONA, Israel — Israel's newest soldier can see at night, never nods off on sentry duty and can carry 660 pounds without complaining.

MERRIMACK, New Hampshire -- BAE Systems will lead a team of scientists that will develop miniature robots to improve military situational awareness. The company signed a $38 million agreement with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to lead an alliance of researchers and scientists from the Army, academia and industry.

WASHINGTON -- Defense Department employees got a glimpse of the automobile of the future at a display of robot-driven vehicles in the Pentagon’s center courtyard.

Macroswiss S.A, the growing leader in Defence robotics innovation, has now entered the U.S market by being selected as the capability provider of UGVs for use in combat by the U.S Army Airborne Expeditionary Force (AAEF) and the Rapid Equipping Force (REF).